Snow much lies ahead...

  And just like that, the first week of 2018 has come and gone! It seems like January 1st was just yesterday and somehow a whole week has gone by... I am now one of those "old people" saying how much time flies.I never got that as a child and couldn't imagine thinking time went by fast especially during school, and here I am so many years later trying to figure out where time went. 

   I'm not sure when this started, if it was overnight or gradual, I'm leaning more towards gradual, but somewhere between the child who thought time just drug by til now as an adult who thinks time flies, I somehow just seem to go through life without taking the time to enjoy it like I should. I don't know if it's that I don't have the time or if I just don't take the time, but I feel like I never just enjoy the moments! And I think that is so important, because Time is fleeting. Who am I kidding? If 2017 has taught me anything, it is that not only time, but Life itself is fleeting. So, Although I am not one to make New Years Resolutions, (mainly, because, well, I have in the past, but let's be real, I never keep them!) I have decided that in 2018, I am going to try and live in the moment more often. It's the little things in life that matter the most, anyways. I did find it a little ironic that I am choosing to start living in the moment as a resolution for the upcoming year. 

 I named this post "Snow Much Lies Ahead..." because I am a cheesy person, but seriously, so much does lie ahead! I don't know what 2018 holds for me exactly. I'm hoping for a great year! Aren't we all? I'm sure there will be lots of laughs and lots of tears. I'm expecting Good times and Bad Times, hopefully more good than bad. I'm sure some days will be easy, while others will be hard, but I want to choose to take each moment as it comes. Enjoy the good ones and learn from the bad. That is my New Years Resolution. There are so many adventures to be had in 2018... 

"The Future lies before you, like a field of snow; Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show." -Author Unknown

 

  To end this post I wanted to share this quote because I thought it was perfect for what I planned to write about... When I first read this quote, I was thinking, what a great quote for the New Year! What a great quote about the future, but then I thought what a great quote about NOW.  Not the Future, not what lies ahead, but the Present. 2018 lies before us, like a pure blanket of snow, but we must pay attention to every step we are taking into 2018, because the steps you take right now, or maybe I should say the choices and decisions you make in this moment will have an impact on your future. We have to live in the present, that is what will shape our future. 

  The choices we make right now, are some of the most important choices we we will make, because if we make a bad choice right now there will be consequences in the future, so we really need to be sure to make good choices right now in this moment because just like every step shows in the snow, every decision we make now will show in our future. Yes, we need to plan ahead, but a lot of planning ahead is just making the right decisions at the present moment. It's making each second count! Although sometimes, well, a lot of times, I think the best choice we can make is to just stop and enjoy the moment, take in the here and now! Because time is something you can never get back! Here's to making good choices and enjoying every second of 2018... 

Let's Make it Count!